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Spotlight | DRC
Cloak and daggers in the highest echelons of the Congolese state

President Tshisekedi's strategic adviser Vidiye Tshimanga has been secretly caught on film meeting two fake investors on several occasions. Parts of these recordings have been made public and they cast an unflattering light on the practices, and also the tensions, within the president's office. [...]

Published on 16.09.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes Olivier Liffran, Joan Tilouine

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DRC
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CK Hutchison Holdings
Congo Petroleum
Didier Budimbu
Etienne Tshisekedi
Felix Tshisekedi
Fortunat Biselele
Gentiny Ngobila Mbaka
Johnny Depp
Li Ka-Shing
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Victor Li Tzar-kuoi
Vidiye Tshimanga Tshipanda
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DRC
Symbion Power hopes to trailblaze methane exploitation in DRC from 2024

The US firm and Kinshasa are currently in negotiations over the exploitation of methane in Lake Kivu to produce electricity. Symbion Power expects to start operations soon, despite no such project having been successfully implemented in the DRC to date.

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A methane extraction platform at Lake Kivu, Gisenyi, Rwanda, April 2016.

In Focus | DRC
The covert operation that targeted Dan Gertler's enemies around Tshisekedi

Africa Intelligence can reveal that the person who set the trap that precipitated the fall of DR Congo presidential adviser Vidiye Tshimanga had previously tried to approach the country's oil minister, Didier Budimbu. Three Israeli businessmen were also targeted.

Subscribers only Business 17.10.2022

From left: Israeli businessman Dan Gertler, DRC President Félix Tshisekedi and his former adviser Vidiye Tshimanga.

DRC
ENI and TotalEnergies circle as Gertler's former blocks go on sale

The DRC government is keen to offload some its oil portfolio and has issued a tender call for blocks 1 and 2 in the north-east of the country, which were operated for a decade by Dan Gertler's firms, Caprikat and Foxwhelp.

Free access Energy 29.07.2022

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi eyes up spymaster candidates in the running to fill void left by ousted François Beya

At a time of growing tension with neighbouring Rwanda, Félix Tshisekedi is trying to reorganise his country's intelligence apparatus, which has been damaged by the imprisonment of François Beya Kasonga, his former special adviser on security.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.06.2022

Spotlight | DRC
DP World puts pressure on Tshisekedi over Port of Banana

DP World, which signed a new concession agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo in December, claims that the commitments for the construction of the Port of Banana have not been fulfilled. These accusations were made by the Emirati operator in a letter to the president.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 03.06.2022

Inner circles | DRC
The parallel government of Tshisekedi's special advisors

President Tshisekedi has a team of nine special advisors he likes to call on. Playing on rivalries among the members of Joseph Kabila's Front Commun pour le Congo, some have taken charge of state matters even if that means encroaching on the portfolios of the ministers concerned.

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2021

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Felix Tshisekedi
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Gentiny Ngobila Mbaka
Johnny Depp
Li Ka-Shing
OCCRP
Victor Li Tzar-kuoi
Vidiye Tshimanga Tshipanda
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Washington watches as Tehran negotiates with Niamey for 300 tonnes of uranium

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

Spotlight | DRC
Cloak and daggers in the highest echelons of the Congolese state

DRC
Symbion Power hopes to trailblaze methane exploitation in DRC from 2024

In Focus | DRC
The covert operation that targeted Dan Gertler's enemies around Tshisekedi

DRC
ENI and TotalEnergies circle as Gertler's former blocks go on sale

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi eyes up spymaster candidates in the running to fill void left by ousted François Beya

Spotlight | DRC
DP World puts pressure on Tshisekedi over Port of Banana

Inner circles | DRC
The parallel government of Tshisekedi's special advisors